eBay Performance Chips - Mythbusted
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- Can you really get an increase of 35 horsepower using a $20 'Performance Chip' from eBay on your car? And how do they work? In this episode of Mighty Car Mods, Marty and Moog find out, with some surprising results...
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I love how they always say "vtec yo" with a straight face like they're not even making a joke.
+Sadpants McGee straya!
+Sadpants McGee they are mocking 'vtec'...like one mocks a prius...
J Leonard That's why I love it.
You shouldn't mock Vtec when it's the original variable valve timing tech that is now in a lot of modern day cars.
And besides, it's pretty good tech. Wait, did somebody say they weren't impressed with a *stock* Vtec yo?
Well then unstock it! or buy something else.
+TheNotoriousKRP modern vvt is nothing like hondas proprietary vtec
Power at the wheels and power at the engine are two different things people - do a google!
Not sure whether to laugh or cry at the fact that people need to be told about this, especially on this channel
WHY DID YOU CUT YOUR HAIR? COME ON M8.
well i did google as you said and i found that on the wheels it has 160kW (214hp) and 190nm, it still more than 177hp your dino showed :)
Vadim Matviichuk There are different versions of the s2000.
RunesLegacy Yeah, there are different versions (like for US, EU, JP) but their power differs only by couple of hp or kW, not by 50hp or 60hp.
But YOU DID get a cool LED light that changes color...
Tony Stark - I have 1 in my car. Even if it does nothing it's a great conversation starter so I keep it.
an enormous dong for a shifter would do the same thing
Skrutinizr -Do you sell those for $5 with free shipping? I need new conversation starters.
it's produced for roughly 35 cent a piece including everything...
Conversation starter.
Oh whats that!!!
A switch that controls a light. Only $20.
So you paid $20 for a light.
Yup. Its a conversation starter.
Dumbass! Pull the car over and let me out. I can’t associate myself with you any longer. But before I go I have some magic beans for sale. Only $100.
Hahaha. Or the dong shifter idea would work.
It's doing 4 things:
Transferring $20
Providing a cool led light
Compromising the integrity of your wiring harness
Compromising your warranty.
Seems like a good idea.
On the upside at least it did no direct harm to the engine.
I have a 97 jeep tj. Got the classic inline 6 engine w a thrush rattler exhaust and a cpə air intake. Im running on a Tamari stage 12 chip. Generally i dont put ebay parts in any of my cars but the jeep is definitely pushing hella more torque with that chip
@@thisnametooktolong Yep, and I even had one. It had 18 k in it when I sold it. I spent far more time under that car working on it than I spent driving the damn thing. A true "street-strip" machine!!
I ran a cold air intake hotter plugs and a stage 5 performance chip from eBay on a 2005 Cadillac STS and that thing is a rocket
@@CranioUomo NO, it is NOT...
You must be an ebay dealer of these scam products... 🤷🏻
Kit claims to be for the S2000, kit instructions show a VW engine and say to attach chip to a sensor that the S2000 doesn't have. Seems legit.
And they didnt get that from the start..... o my
might even work with a sensor it's designed for
Probably just an evry mod set up
@@ironjudas666 Did you not watch the last minute of the video?
& it was made in Germany hahahaha
$19 ECM performance chip from EBay, WHAT A DEAL!!!! It's just as a great deal as the $5 I paid for the five gallons of blinker fluid I just purchased from EBay.
Frank Gonzalez Throw in a tank of sports air for your tires and your sorted!
+Frank Gonzalez blinker fluid is getting expensive. it costs me like $400 per fill up
+ShamanNoodles You must have some of those new LED blinkers. The fluid for those is way overpriced.
+meteoricthrone can someone tell me what the hell blinker fluid is and why you'd need it
+snowball114 Blinker fluid is coolant for your turn signals, it keeps them from over heating and burning out. Every time your turn signal flashes, a little bit of turn signal fluid is use up. And if you don't refill the blinker fluid tank, your turn signals will burn out.
stickers + 5 hp
spoilers + 10hp
paint the car black + 100hp
GTA logic
dont forget racing stripes
+Alex Shi your forgetting something they need to special order that paint so its a pearlescent black
Micheal Wright lol black is always faster.
+Alex Shi You forgot this chip. +35hp
As for the tip for making it better: measure up the holes and get universal hood vents that fit over them and fit the styling of the car somewhat. Make exact cuts measuring properly and file down the edges. Paint the exposed metal with a silver paint corrector. Get color matched paint from a store, prep, primer, paint and clearcoat the universal hood vents, then use a liquid sealant to fix them in place - after measuring and making sure they are properly aligned.
It does work by making your wallet lighter of money hence less weight = better gas mileage. :)
you're funny
Would be almost funny if it wasn't for the fact the "chip" also adds weight to your car anyways.
you replace your old chip with ebay one so it doesnt add weight to your car. Indeed better gas mileage, lol
No, that's how some performance chips work but not this one - obviously you didn't watch the video before replying.
But I'm sure it weights much less than a wallet (which you won't need once you won't have no money left)
I test audio amplifiers for wattage, also busting some myths like those "500w" $20 amps from China...yep, good for 5-12 watts! Also, many eBay and forum posts say old school X amplifier puts out xyz wattage. I can prove or disprove these claims with my "Amp Dyno". Fun stuff. Great video as always, thanks for saving folks 20 bucks!
Fancy seeing you here BigD!! :) Props to OldSchoolStereoReview & MCM! Both you fella's are doing a great job keeping us in the know. Keep up the great work!!
Berringer is famous for fake wattage claims. It's 500 watt PA amp is about 150 RMS @ 8 ohms per channel or 4 ohms bridged. Some of the name brand companies are legit in their power claims at various ohm loads.
Maybe you could tell me why I have a "1000W" name brand PA speaker with integrated amplifier that consumes 25W at all times regardless of how high or low the volume is. Was curious so I hooked up the kill-a-watt meter.
Buying a chip is totally different then getting a chip specifically tuned for your car. I got my lsVtec 2000 Si chipped and tuned with a dyno setup for $150. Added around 10-15 hp, 2step, launch control, rev limiter, shift light, IACV adj, kc delete, improved my fuel economy and a whole lot more.
obviously a Soviet GPS Tracking unit...
No... it's a german one. Obviously Nazis.
Ha,ha...yes, made by a cheap vodka communist drunker.
No definitely north Korean spying unit. No doubt
I get more HP from my No Fat Chicks bumper sticker.
S Biggs every bumper sticker adds horsepower
MAX HORSEPOWER!!!!!!
S Biggs lol
Weight reduction
why do you drive a Honda lmao
Nice debunking! Very thorough, detailed and professional! Almost felt like watching "The mythbusters"
You didn't read carefully the instructions: you should mount this chip on the dyno, not on the car! than the dyno program add 25HP on the result and all it's working ;) LOL!
Gees, now you have to to carry the dyno with you every day.
Lok Tom no, you install tires to the dyno and drive that around.
Those chips really does something powerful folks. It's the technology to collect $$$$$ from fools. When the light flashes it meant SUCKER.
Hella funny
these guys are trolls
Wow, 5 years ago already. Feels like i just watched this for the first time yesterday.
Mikey Flynn 😂
I feel the same way watching some of RCR first videos
I feel this
There will always be "Snake Oil" as long as people are willing to believe and pay for it. Great video.
true
its a 20 dollar led light
Joshua Johnson hardly even LED
Joshua Johnson someone is working hard to pay for that only to have their pants pulled down 20 dollars or not..
That was brilliant! I knew these were useless but I am surprised at just HOW useless they are.
25:15 to get to the point
Rene Bueno you’re a life saver
Thank you
Thank youuuu
the real mvp
Yess
I love how serious you guys are during this process :)
Some free tips how to make your car go faster.
1) Remove the paint,no need for that.
2) You can also throw out the back and front seat,spare wheel,cd and the carpets.
3) Lose weight and drive around naked,no need for that extra weight,so off with the clothes..
+MrCheatreporter weight reduction bro
+MrCheatreporter do you even lift bro.
Make sure to take the weights off the wheels too.
Take off your brakes..... No need for those
Lmfao you guys👆😂😭
Ohhhh I've been waiting for this one!
This is just about as good as the Fuel Shark, as far as products go.
Now you have seen it!
You guys keep up with MCM? I love you a little more now.
Hey Mr. Regular and Roman I just wanted to say you guys are fucking awesome and I can't wait for your new videos on the NY Auto Show.
Duck Draper
I'm writing it as you type that
Hahaha! Brilliant investigative journalism guys. Brave to try it on your own VTEC, and really entertaining, great work
This is dumb. Why would they title the video 'preformance chips- mythbusted'? Why broadly make the claim that preformance chips dont work work when all they did was test some unknown chip instead of testing a name brand chip like an sct preformance chip from bama or a bully dog chip? Its common sense to know that the $20 ebay chip wont work... Id like to see a test on a chip from a prestigious company.
vzach1 I Agree 100%.
vzach1 Forget about prestige companies. I got a cheap 50 Euro chip from Bulgaria for my 1.8T Audi and even that works perfectly.
Adam Jensen No Adam. No you didn't. In fact, I am going to guess that you're actually selling 50 Euro chips from Bulgaria and don't like videos like this showing that these chip/modules don't actually do anything.
Auxillian Warghost If your half brain will guess that bullshit, then I can also guess that you're some "professional" seller, who scams people of hundreds of cash by providing same or worse services. Guess what: You're completely wrong and stupid to say that. And I'm completely set up with my car for the 50 bucks I paid. Fuck you, shitbag. Go do some work for society instead of trying to fool people.
Adam Jensen Go do some work for society instead of giving 50 bucks to scam artists who are staying in business because of stupid people like you. Next time keep your 50 bucks until you can research mods that actually work. You're the type of guy who send the Nigerian "princes" 50 bucks, which is why they keep spamming the rest of us. Just say no to resistors! lol
What a scam. People that put out garbage like this should be arrested, questioned as to what their true intention for making a device like this is, and then convicted, if guilty, to return all monies back to the people they scammed. Where are the consumer protection agencies in all of this?
they are outside of the US so there is nothing that could be done from our end.
If thats true then there is a serious problem with customs allowing crap like this to come into the country. I am sure theres been huge complaints yet the feds do nothing. The same goes with people who computer hack and send out viruses. I mean really. A whole separate market left for the legal departments to create controversy over so they can rake in the money while the consumer suffers. China syndrome.
ChiefJustice Middleton
I'm sure there *haven't* been huge complaints. As they allude in the video, how many people who buy a $20 chip are going to spend hundreds putting the car on a dyno before and after to check for actual HP gains? Most people who bought this chip will have convinced themselves that it works.
Colin D
I guess it swings both ways eh. Just like china is allowed to make shit quality products and we are almost forced to purchase this crap. Most of the time its got nothing to do with being a dumbass when some advertisements for some of these products boast unreal events. Mostly car adds the completely brainwash people into buying their crap, which most vehicles are just that fuking garbage. As far buying products for vehicles, I believe most are sold by the snakeoil salesman himself. Its mostly bullshit and supported by consumer protection agents who are shills to begin with. Your right, we have to look after ourselves and watch out what we buy, however there is a blatant scam going on here that needs to be addressed.
ChiefJustice Middleton this was bought from some tiny ebay merchant. no country has the resources to handle every single case of fraud, it's not worth it. some things have to be left to the consumers. ebay does have a pretty solid money back guarantee for cases like this, but I'm not sure how they would hold the merchant responsible.
Ha ha... Hats off to the genius who invented this chip! He is using placebo effect on the poor Honda to increase power!
I bet there has been loads of Teenagers who have fitted one of these and think its the best thing ever hahaaa..
Like you say, pure, 110% placebo/reverse phycology.
Genius is one way to describe it. You're right that the placebo effect is exactly the intention. A scammer is what he really is, and a low-life dirt bag is also exactly what he is. I bet he struggles with drug problems and incredibly awful depression and anxiety issues also, along with what seems like "coincidental" losses of finances and the lives of family and friends pretty frequently. When you make a habit of taking advantage of people, this is how life rewards you. It's exactly how life works out, 100% of the time my friend. So genius; I'd probably disagree.
The makers of fake performance chips are not multi millionaires.. fucking lol.
It might work you can't actually increase horsepower in a Honda because there is already the most power you can possibly get.
@@rorycostello8916 no there's always a little bit of wiggle room when you either disable or reduce factory safety restrictions
funniest part of the video" and listen to that V-Tech" and " im always in race mode its a honda" had me in tear m8
I hope you gave the seller a 5 star review. eBay stores really need those ratings.
I think, most of the time, people receive the item, check that everything is there and looks good, then immediately leave a 5 star rating saying "fast shipping" etc.
Then when the realize the product doesn't work or some other problem, they can't really do anything since they already left good feedback. That's why eBay added a follow up review feature.
I've had some sellers get really pissed off about me rating their crappy service and product. I had them say if I rip them off on half a star then don't rate them at all. You tell me how to rate you then your going to get an even worse score!
K Granfield
If everything goes well I rate 5 stars even when I want to rate like 4 for some reason.
However if things go wrong, like the product is damaged or something I send the seller a message and he will probably issue a refund or offer to send me another item as long as I return the damaged product.
You *need* to communicate with the seller if you run into any problems. Don't just report them or leave a bad rating.
You are right. Leaving bad feedback is wrong just because you had a bad experience.
These guys proved the chip was bad so that seller should be removed from eBay for scamming people.
ürünü nereden alabiliriz
Send this thing to "EEV Blog", he will do a electronic teardown. Thing gets distroyed, but you do know what is was and what is did.
Nice to see Marty and Moog hanging out with their dad. They're good kids
Wow, really liked how you went the extra mile to figure out the true function of that chip
The people manufacturing these chips are the ones laughing all the way to the bank
A few years ago, a guy placed an advert claiming he had a method of making £1000 additional income in the first month with only a few hours work. He asked for £5 and promised that he would reveal his method and include proof that it worked. By the end of the month, most people had forgotten all about it, but they then got an email. It simply read. "Do the same as I have done" and included pages of bank statements with £5 credits. It reminded me of my late mothers old proverb. "A fool and his money are easily parted".!!!!!!!!! Interestingly, by sending the email, this guy had not broken any laws.
ALL YOUR SAYING IS THAT EBAY SUCKS- NOT REAL CHIP COMPANIES
You guys should try one of the OBD2 ones that are so prevalent.
The placebo effect makes most people think it works. But it obviously doesn't.
AGAIN GUYS IT IS THE TYPE OF THING I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT TO SPEED UP MY OLD CAR WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUNG GUYS MONEY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Honda has hundreds of very smart people who spend thousands of hours developing those engines. A little common sense should tell you that tacking some little chip on is not going to get you an extra 15% power.
Yes and no.
Honda sells cars that they have to warranty for xxx,xxx miles and pass emissions tests and get xx miles per gallon fuel economy to match their marketing claims.
To do all these things there have to be compromises in some areas.
The oem chip is a good balance of compromises and I think 15% is a bit of a stretch to expect from a chip alone. However for some applications a good chip can benefit other mods say an intake and exhaust mod where youve raised the rpm range of your peak power.
I dont think a chip alone is a mod worth pursuing and frankly you can accomplish some of the things a chip can do with other methods.
I had an 86 vette and the chips they sold for it promised lower operating temps and advanced timing to take advantage of that... but I found you could just bypass the ac high pressure switch to make the cooling fan run whenever the car was below 45mph and replace the MAT sensor with a better calibrated one and move it from under the plenum to the air cleaner where it got a more accurate reading.
Those two things alone picked up about 10% power. Cost me like $20 for the sensor.
So while I didnt spring $350 for the chip if I had I would have seen the same gains.
jeffel80 lowering the operating temperature 40-50 degrees and using a recalibrated and relocated MAT sensor to take advantage of this by advancing the timing does nothing at all. Whatever you say.
jeffel80 It helps to understand that in the L98 TPI 350 GM put the MAT sensor in a place where it never really got an accurate reading in the first place. Mid America Corvette thus sells a relocation kit with a recalibrated sensor.
Manufacturers have been caught "cheating" with chips that put the car into a cleaner-burning mode when they judge that the car is likely on a pollution-test rig. Why would they need to do that if pollution compliance didn't degrade the engine's behavior in some other fashion?
Really glad you guys did the electrical analysis at the end -i think we all knew these things don't work, but its really interesting to find out they weren't even trying! -other than trying to fool us that they might be trying with their scrap chips... Cool in depth myth bust!
you guys meet some nice and cool shop guys...jealous i have never met one, they usually talk down to me and laugh at my goals for my cars....
they must be french
no just VW techs
for french cars?
You guys are keeping all these shady part companies in business LOL. Great videos guys
These guys literally blow my mind they set example for one of the most beautiful communities in the world sharing knowledge and skills. dedicate hours upon hours of their lives just to provide content for the community I know I’m a few years late but keep at it !
You should find a legit 'chip' and show it's effect on the dyno.
There is no "legit chip". If an auto manufacturer could throw a chip in a car and make it perform better and get better fuel mileage they would at the factory. They have decades of research and millions of dollars invested in research and pay engineers good money and there is no chip company that has the capability to out engineer the manufacturers and abide by all regulations put on cars by the government.
@@12jazion there are plenty of good ones. They cost.
RaceChip for ex: th-cam.com/video/ndp_xAAMj-E/w-d-xo.html
@@12jazion Reflashing an ECU with most modern cars will give you more torque, a bit more power, and possibly even fuel economy. The trade off is having to run higher octane fuel, increasing emissions, and potentially decreasing engine longevity due to increased internal pressures and heat.
Add on chips like in the video are complete snake oil however.
Coasterteen22 I think your comment only reinforces what he said about manufacturers would do it if it made sense. Reflashing to then have worse emissions, more expensive fuel, and risking the longevity only contradicts what the factory accomplished... are am I missing something?
A “legit chip” would be a tuned ecu
Why not kit it out with like 4 spoilers and 8 body skirts. 100hp easy.
+Aldion Sylkaj With all that rice they could make enough to have a family dinner! 😂
+Aldion Sylkaj www.aliexpress.com/store/1021279
ScantSphinx9 more like a village XD XD
Ricer love
Type R badges add the most shhh its a secret lol
Can you guys do an updated one with the OBD2 ebay modules now?
25:50 my questions answered exactly. You could of figured that out without touching your car with simple point to point testing on the trick chip.
yes it does something , it flashes green red and off lol
Ron Merkus lol word. The lights should add about 2.5 hp
And it gets people's hopes up lol
So it's actually a scam and the performance chip does nothing. Ebay should stop letting these people sell those items.
+Bill Hatcher That would be boring! we have amazon for things that work.
+Carbon 12 Pretty apparent that the chip in question does not do what is advertised and is a scam with just lights on it.
+Bill Hatcher you should have more likes
+Bill Hatcher to most people it was pretty obvious before they even hooked it up,anything that thing could have possibly done could have been done with a diode or resistor and some basic knowledge of a cars ecu plain and simple.Realistically on a boosted car you can get 20 hp with such a mod too...........a simple one to look at for example would be the 1.8t golfs,just google diode mod and youll see what i mean.
+SouthJerseySound If people are dumb enough to splice into their ECU with an unknown $20 chip from Ebay, they deserve what happens to them. Just saying.
Yes do a legit chip! I’d love to see that! Thank you for testing this and saving everyone a but ton of money and time lol.
Very nice "review" - you guys definitely rock. Thanks for being a channel with a good amount of research.
I can't wait till they start on the S2k mods!
cutting a hole in the floor and flintstoning with Usain Bolt in the vehicle would give the Honda some good figures
Hahahahaha
Lol
VR4OZ hehehehe I think the size of the hole should be discussed and tested. LOL :-)
Thanks if you count all the people looking at your video you just not saved them only money but a lot of trouble. Thanks for this eyes opener.
Props for using you're own car....and an expensive car at that.
S2000 is not expensive...
Dude the s2000 is like 10-18k thats pretty expensive
Not for some of us.
Taylor Chong Maybe if your 14? By the time I was 19 and a half I had already bought a 48k Camaro ZL1....
Its called working man, open your own business if you want to make good money.
yeah, im planning to go work at my uncles car mechanic shop when i turn 16, get some money for college and my own personal wants.
I keep telling people. VTEC is a technology to get an aggressive cam profile to run smooth at low RPM. It's not a technology to make you go faster, it's a technology to make a lumpy cam - which is what makes the car quicker - more tolerable to drive day to day.
For an engine with an aggressive cam, below 4500 is low, yes.
***** For a car that goes to 9k, yup
***** Yes, at 75mph an S2K will rev at 4K RPM in 6th. Actually, i normally change gears between 4K to 5K... And the engine running below 3K will actually bog...And still does 23mpg...
Luis Ribeiro You've got a long 6th. My Integra sits at 4100rpm at about 100km/h in 5th (62 mph).
Vtec is variable valve timing, vtec changes the lift and duration on the cam.. so yes, it makes your car faster
"We sent the chip to be investigated...the results are nothing short of astounding..."
Turns out, it's exactly what you thought all along!
Wait... how's that "astounding?"
The red Gallant at 1:27 is identical to my first car! I wanted to 4g63 swap it but 20 years ago that was practically impossible without a fab shop and wiring experts now you can get stand alones, adapter harnesses and swap mounts for any combination you ca to dream up. Memories, sweet memories.
So im guessing the next mod on the s2k is and ecu and tune?
Hey guys!
Could you please do a test with a real chip? I mean the ones who cost 200$+?
Agreed, granted though I don't think it will help but buying a cheap/fake chip from eBay just doesn't cut it for me. I wanna know if the real expensive ones really do help.
Better yet, with their access to a dyno and a proper critical "dyno-yoda", a comparison between several chips from ebay, local tuners etc would be very interesting. Let's find out if the myth about chips will actually be busted.
Glad to see that I'm not the only one annoyed by calling some 'IAT sensor fooling device' a performance chip.. Let's start calling things as they are, and for the more serious petrolhead those IAT devices were already in the same performance bracket as turbonators, homemade C(H)AIs, etc.
Unafraidworm I think they do. Unfortunately, mine for example makes power at around 6500 rpm. When do I drive at those levels? Never.
Thanks for the support guys, maybe MCM will see this message!
I believe that S2000 is making as much it can and I don't think there is a much room left on program level even that it is using old MAP sensor and not more accurate MAF sensor.
I was personally very surprised that MX5 had just switch style TP sensor. I laughed.
On real chips you are paying programming and not "chips" because chips just cost 2 to 8 dollars a piece (not to mention those which need some logic chip making talking between ecu). Today OBD programming / Flash so not anymore chips either (OBD flash tools are costly thou).
I think this dyno yoda is not making chips. Because they are selling they own ecu system.
I would like to see the sellers reaction when they send him a link to prove that its not working at all.
I would like to see it too
Well considering it's a scam I think he'd just say "Thanks for the twenty bucks, suckers."
You clearly never ever bought something off ebay, if the item doesn't does what it says in the description you are intitle for a full refund.
No the actual problem with scotch locks are that they are not weather shielded and wires turn green.
Is that Comic Sans on the label?
That is hilarious!! I love that u sent it to an electrical engineer to see what it does!! Full proof that it's a scam
If 1,000,000 rainbow-farting unicorns give 177 HP, every unicorn gives 0.000177 HP
20 unicorns should thus give 0.00354 HP. THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T WORK!
Shame on Moog, he should have taken the 170,000 unicorns version to have 30 HP more.
The sticker on the chip's font is Comic Sans. +1000HP right there, good find
He just said "extra unicorn fart mode" funniest thing I've heard I'm a long time.
$20 for 2hp? Wowowowow
So buy 10 chips and wire it together and you’ll get 20hp? What whatV-tech yo!
;-)
You ait right! 😂😂😂😂
The tall expert, looks kinda like the tall bad guy from Home Alone 1 & 2, doesn`t he??? LOL
YEAH OMG LOL WOOT
Hello there. I have a project jeep. 1997 tj w inline 6, Flowmaster exhaust and k&n air intake. Its running with a 45.00 tamari stage 12 tuner chip and honest too god it works. Definitely recommend them.
Looks like moog needs a visit to turbo yoda.
Made in Germany my ass! They just put that on so it sells better!
nrdesign1991 Correct. China isn't known for quality, and Germany isn't known for selling a useless piece of plastic and wires for 50 Euro. I think the stickers got mixed up somewhere.
+Auxillian Warghost Moog said it came from ukraine, something like that with the codes scratched off i expect is just a made scamming on ebay. And hes put a sticker that says its made in Germany as the Germans and a high rep for good quality produce.
+nrdesign1991 Like the clean diesel on VW cars, hahaha Grüße aus Deutschland
Diesel never was clean, it's a complete lie in itself.
nrdesign1991 I know. And now everybody know.
Would love to see you guys build a budget rally car.
No spit.. id luv to see that
@@nook5286 the civic… the fuck? Respect. ✊🏿
Thank u for putting all that effort into showing us how useless those things r. Most of us r sceptical and assume they r a scam but in the back of my mind I want it to work. I'm glad u have proven that it doesn't. About 8 or 9 years ago I bought 1 and hooked it up. Couldn't tell any difference so I trashed it. But I really wish horsepower was that easy and cheap to gain. Long story short, it's just not that cheap or easy to increase.
Make a video on ecu performance chip which we have to install inside the ecu .
it's a placebo.
$20 chips are busted. Of course they are! I think Honda's engineers are much better than some Eastern European knock-off. Real ECU tuning can truly improve performance tailored for specific driving styles.
It's not that far fetched. Getting more power is easy. Doing it reliably and without damaging the engine is where the expertise comes in.
I love that you have mastered irony and sarcasm beautifully. If any Americans watch this they won’t get it.
seems like its just drawing power for the LED :P
edit: watched the rest when they sent it to the electrical engineer... turns out thats exactly what it does :P
Lol the "V-Tec, yo"s.
1.21 gigawatts!?
35 h.p. equals 35 hype power
jigawatts*
n*?:)
Muhan C.A. The song?
Muhan C.A. I'm sorry. But the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning!
The power tune module has minimal memory, but just enough to alter the timing curve on my 17 rx350, totally eliminates hesitation the rx is famous for. No jerking, smoother. NOT placebo. My rx was miserable to drive, now, a pleasure.
so did u contact the seller and get ur money back?
Well
@@dommopa4464 Well
That chip is just the LED controller.
Why thank you for the TL;DR of the entire episode we just watched.
NO PROB BRO!
AWESOME THANKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME BRAH.
ANY TIME BREH.
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You guys need to revisit this - you can get actual performance chips now, but they actually make a difference!
Such as?
Vertex makes an OBD plug and play.
You've been able to get actual performance chips since ebay was invented 🤣
Had to send this to my friend cause he didn't know any better😂thanks for the video guys!
(DISCLAIMER, this post has already been discussed enough, I don't need 10 more people to tell me how i'm arrogant and this video really is a big help to morons) .....This is stupid, there is no myth behind chipping. If you order mystery shit off of ebay, of course it's going to be a scam. In the real world that the rest of us live in, cars with non-flashable or programmable computers have to have the "chip" that controls the car replaced in order to change the tune of the car, and there is nothing mysterious or fake about it. What's next, a 30 minute video explaining why i shouldn't order chinese paint with lead in it off of ebay, to paint an infant's crib? Anyone with common sense doesn't need this video.
Hey, Im genuinely not trying to sound argumentative, bit this video isn't meant for people like you, and I. This is meant for the 17 year old, that finds a "performance" chip promising 60+hp and tq gains, and 200 mpg. I can't even tell you how many young guys on my BMW forums, and 5series get their hands on a car, or even want to chip their parents car, and they're always asking "is this true?" " will I really be able to make 350 whp in my dads E60 525i?" Lol. Its ok of funny. These guys need someone to explain it to them. I can't stand answering their questions, only to have them argue with me afterwards because they can't stand the fact that the I hopes for 60 whp gain and 30 mpg after a $20 "upgrade" from China. Yeah, because some guy in China knows some secret the engineers didnt what he soldered a small capacitor on some other shit lmfao. Have a good one.
EvilDave83 You're right, i've probably underestimated how many dummies there are there. Maybe i was having an optimistic day and didn't think humanity was that collectively stupid.
hzuiel lmao exactly
Lassi Kinnunen No one is arguing that at all, in the video they said that real aftermarket ECU can make changes.
The whole point of this video is be informative and make for an interesting show. If the title had been, lets test this fake chip off eBay to see if it is fake, then it would be boring.
By making the show about saying, look, I bought a cheap chip off ebay, it claims this and as we have the tools available to us, we are going to test it to show you once and for all if it does what it promises us.
As they said at the end, if a mate had bought and fitted one, just driving around, they will never be able to quantify any gains, and wishful thinking might have people thinking that it actually did something too.
Lassi Kinnunen Yeah, I dont know if it was all that clear in my comment, but I know cars pretty well. Im a full on gear head myself. Im familiar with the theory, so no need to explain. My problem with this subject is that people confuse the idea of chipping a car, and reprogramming, or replacing an ECU. They dont seem to understand that you can buy a performance "chip" thats been engineered for your vehicle but, a $20 chip on craigslist cant delivered on these extreme promises of huge power and fuel gains.
"You ready to go!!" Seems legit
Remap is better than any add-on chip
It, and many other things, are designed specifically to separate a fool from his money. Thank you for your expose. Keep up the good work
19:29 short answer no
LOL. the company is selling the placebo effect. smart lol
I can hear the hearts breaking in all the people who installed these in their cars....
Thanks! You just saved me $59 USD on one that promised 60 HP and 6 MPG gains. The saved money will go into my new exhaust where I'll see gains using tangible performance parts.
Get your parents to supervise if you're using a jack, son.
McCain do the best chips, £2a bag put em on manifold 5mins bingo!!!
MCM sticker gives more hp than that chip lol
think the add said 3.5 hp gain and not 35 hp? lol
ebay doesnt make performance chips! you can buy almost any brand name or generic on ebay.
kim w
You don't say!
i did say! :O
+kim w
So ebay don't make anything for sale on there? OMG!
kim w
Can I go out on a limb here and suppose English isn't your first language?!
I bought a performance chip from Chip Your Car for my 2013 Kia Optima and it worked. I could see a major difference
"Ebay Performance Chip" :D
Tell the truth folks, this chip really does something... add extra weight of 30 grams..
You both are such creative amazing bosses. and i just have to say that moog you have the most epic personality and sense of humor. ....cheerzzz! love ya 2 marty.... wouldnt be the same without you (= keep it up and never stop uploading your vids!!!!!
An RGB (red,green,blue) LED has 1 ground connector and 3 separate connectors for the colors, each of them representing R, G or B. A switch with 3 choices obviously can have control over a single RGB LED without the need of a circuit! Just try it out! GND on the ground input. And any of those 3 RGB-pins on 2V (check the datasheet) and you should see either Red, Green or Blue!